Savage Model 14 Bolt FTE's

My Savage Model 14 isn't ejecting spent rounds when I pull the bolt back, but the extractor is letting them go and they're staying in the chamber. I read somewhere that disassembling a Savage bolt requires a gunsmith to reassemble because unlike Winchester 70's and Rem 700's the Savage bolt must have the firing pin protrusion adjusted upon reassembly. Is this not something I can accomplish on my own? I'm guessing the extractor and ejector needs a good cleaning, but I've never taken one apart so I don't know what to expect in there. Any help is appreciated.

A gunsmith? Nothing on a Savage needs a gunsmith. You can take it apart in 2 minutes. There is a sticky somewhere on Savageshooters.com with pictures.

And now that I've thought about it, you don't even have to take the bolt apart to do it. Just put it in a plastic bag, and slide the extractor in, and it comes off the detent ball. Savage makes a steel extractor that solves a lot of these problems. I think you drive a pin out to remove the ejector. Sharpshooter Supply can answer questions, and sells parts.

General Disarray

October 15, 2008, 07:45 PM

Thanks man. I wonder why that blog I was reading specifically made that distinction between Savage's and the rest of the lot. Weird. I can't quite picture what you mean by the plastic bag trick, but it's probably time for this bolt to get a good scrubbing down anyways, so I'm going to just break the whole thing down. I just wanted to make sure first. Thanks.

skinewmexico

October 15, 2008, 10:32 PM

Lots of people hate Savages. Get a big plastic bag and take it apart inside it, so if something flies off, the bag catches it.

General Disarray

October 17, 2008, 08:17 PM

So I tried to take down this bolt, and I couldn't get the alum wrench to budge the nut on the back of it. I sprayed some wd-40 and it still won't budge. I've now stripped the wrench. Is this supposed to be this difficult, and should I tighten it down like this once I reassemble it?

skinewmexico

October 18, 2008, 02:16 AM

I'm lost now without pictures. You didn't need to take the bolt apart to take the extractor off. Did you go look at the bolt dissamebly sticky on Savageshooters?